Although not solely about way finding, this man's talk, who with his team actually came up with the design concepts of small parts making a big picture (mosaic) for our university, he was extremely helpful in being truthful and to the point on how he got where he is.
Points I took from his talk were:
-You cannot be 100% good at your work with 0% passion and intrigue in the industry if you are to get placements or work for a design company, passion and talent are are an important balance that will get you places.
-Get out there and talk to people, as this is how you are led to exciting opportunities and you need to know professionals who can open doors for you in the industry, not always lucky.
-When working collaboratively, what you are seeking must be the skill or vision you are lacking in as otherwise there is a troublesome overlap which can be unproductive. Expand your team to have the most skills within it as possible.
-Imperfect mockups for helping gather ideas of presentation are fine. Do what you need to do as long as when it is presented to the client it is pretty perfect.
-Don't give up hope on an idea discarded by one team of clients, can be used in the future.
-Either be detail rich or content rich, weight it up as one is the heavy one. Too much of both takes away from them both which isn't worth it at all!
-The idea and context is laying in the history. This is being highlighted ever so much as it is a part people skip. Research!!!
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